Year in flight / 2026
The story of the year.
Completed launches only — who flew, from where, how often, and how much of it worked.
Completed launches
219
2026 year to date · 282 days · 5.5 / week
01
96.6%
Success rate
-0.9 pts vs 2025
02
31
Providers flying
SpaceX at 46.6%
03
55
Launch pads used
Space Launch Complex 4E busiest
04
47%
Reusable families
103 Falcon / New Glenn / Starship
219 completed launches5.5 / week96.6% reached orbitSpaceX leadsSpace Launch Complex 4E busiest
Story of 2026 / 02
What the numbers say.
219 completed launches 2026 so far — about 5.5 launches per week across 282 calendar days.
- 02SpaceX leads with 102 missions (46.6% of the year).
- 03The busiest pad is Space Launch Complex 4E at 54 liftoffs.
- 04Of 175 missions with a clear success or failure outcome, 96.6% reached orbit or their target — down 0.9 points versus the same stretch last year.
- 05The peak week was Week of Sep 28 with 16 launches.
- 06103 missions (47%) flew on vehicles with known reusable stages in the catalog — Falcon, New Glenn, and Starship families where tracked.
Cadence / 03
The shape of the year.
Completed launches over time. Quiet weeks stay in as empty slots, so the spacing is honest.
- 16
The leaderboard / 04
Who flew, and from where.
Providers
- SpaceX10246.6%
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation3817.4%
- Rocket Lab156.8%
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)62.7%
- United Launch Alliance62.7%
- Arianespace52.3%
- CAS Space52.3%
- Russian Space Forces52.3%
- China Rocket Co. Ltd.31.4%
- Firefly Aerospace31.4%
- Indian Space Research Organization31.4%
- LandSpace31.4%
Launch pads
- Space Launch Complex 4E5424.7%
- Space Launch Complex 404319.6%
- Commercial LC-173.2%
- Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1A73.2%
- Launch Complex 9A62.7%
- Space Launch Complex 4162.7%
- Ariane Launch Area 452.3%
- Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)52.3%
- Unknown Pad52.3%
- 20141.8%
Outcomes / 05
Did they make it.
2025 same stretch2026 to date
97.5%96.6%
Down 0.9 points against the same stretch of 2025.
- Success
- 169
- Failure
- 6
- Scored
- 175
Terminal success and failure only — holds, TBDs, and scrubs are excluded.
Vehicles flown
- Falcon 9 Block 59844.7%
Reuse family · Catalog career: 610
- Electron156.8%
Catalog career: 91
- Long March 6A62.7%
Catalog career: 25
- Long March 2D41.8%
Catalog career: 100
- Atlas V 55141.8%
Catalog career: 23
- Kinetica 141.8%
Catalog career: 14
- Long March 8A41.8%
Catalog career: 9
- Long March 3B/E31.4%
Catalog career: 77
- Soyuz 2.1a31.4%
Catalog career: 58
- Soyuz 2.1b31.4%
Catalog career: 23